Episodes

Science Mike talks with Rupert Sheldrake and Mike Morrell about science, theology, and panentheism.
Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and author of more than eighty-five scientific papers and twelve books, including The Presence of the Past, Science Set Free and Science and Spiritual Practices. He was among the top 100 Global Thought Leaders for 2013, as ranked by the Duttweiler Institute, Zurich, Switzerland's leading think tank.He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge...

This week's episode covers your questions on how to take action to mitigate climate change. Here's some additional resources discussed this week:
Global Warming’s Six Americas
Animal Agriculture’s Impact on Climate Change
The carbon foodprint of 5 diets compared
How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Bringing back wolves partially revived Yellowstone
60% OF ALL MAMMALS ON EARTH ARE LIVESTOCK, SAYS NEW STUDY
THIS GASOLINE IS MADE OF CARBON SUCKED FROM THE AIR

This week's episode was recorded live at Placentia Presbyterian Church in Placentia, CA. The questions are unscreened and the answers are unrehearsed--so fact check anything that sounds dubious to you. :)
Science Mike is co-hosting an online book club called the Cosmic Campfire about mysticism and science. It starts next week.

This week we're talking about the most recent IPCC report on climate change.
Learn More
Skeptical Science
How Climate Change Affects The Poor(video)
Take Individual Action
Top 50 Things To Do To Stop Global Warming
What You Can Do About Climate Change

I am a survior of sexual assault who has never come forward. On this episode, I discuss why, and what that means in how we respond to victims of sexual assault.
30 Alarming Statistics That Show The Reality Of Sexual Violence In America
Definition of Affirmative Consent

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Why do people love to pop bubble wrap? What problematic beliefs are baked into secularism? What is the optimal human diet? What does science have to say about how parenting changes people’s personalities?
You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question on asksciencemike.com.
Why do people love to pop bubble wrap?
The science behind why popping...

This is a special live episode with Tripp Fuller from Homebrewed Christianity.
Join Tripp and I (along with scientiests and theologians) for Cosmic Campfire this November. Head to cosmiccampfire.party to learn more.

Here’s some resources for the questions covered on this episode of Ask Science Mike.
How does Biblical marriage translate to our modern notions of marriage?
The Ethics of F***ing - The Liturgists Podcast
Can humanity to anything to prepare for an EMP?
Doomsday Fear: Could an EMP Throw World into Chaos?
What are your thoughts on Terror Management Theory as the root of beliefs about God?
Fear, Death and Politics: What Your Mortality Has to Do with the Upcoming Election

This week we're talking about personality tests, a 100% oxygen atmosphere, the biology of male violence and unrequited love.
Anyone interested in doing public work (books, podcasts, speaking, etc) may be interested in my upcoming webinar.

Here’s the questions on this week’s show: Can you blow our minds with science? What are your thoughts on terraforming? Does white noise help or harm human sleep cycles? How do you cope with religious guilt?
Here are some resources for anyone who wants to dig deeper:
Can you blow our minds with science?
CRISPR–Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria
An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb
Lunar...